Uncategorized May 5, 2012

The Ten year movement.





  A spark of creativity from the 60s that resonates unto the present, influencing people without them at most times being consciously aware of it. We can drop ourselves into the depth of music from The Doors  or the Beatles, rebel against the upper class , governments, engorge ourself in the new fashions at the time, movements with meaning and purpose. This was a time (if you asked most people) they would answer this is when they would like to live or experience.
   I have to admit, hippie isn’t suitable of me. “love” movement was a very special thing which only belong to 1960s this background, Flower, love, Anti-war… but for me this was more like a male’s movement but maybe not for my blog to talk of this, yet only hint at.

    If I ask my friends or even their brothers and sisters who is ten years older than them, they both say this was the time when Rock was the best. No, when Rock n Roll was Given birth to threw the collective minds of many individuals. Led Zeppelin for one that made a huge impact on a wide variety of people, The Who, Rolling Stones,  and many other ones. Most arts and music seemed to have blossomed during this vibrant time of creativity. People simply were given (for this brief period of 60s to 80s) freedom of expression, thoughts were let loose and men/women could see they are capable of so much more than the “standard” way of living and co existing with the fellow robots.

    By no means am I an expert in this field, but I love history. Especially recent history that directly affects all of us in some small or large Micro or Macrocosm. The 60s was a time when Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 (a great man, clever, handsome, kind, but almost killed us all “Nuclear Weapons” comes to mind) and at the same time the most famous speech “I have a dream” was spoken, Malcom-X  Assassinated,martin Luther King in 1968, when the firs man  (Lunar landing) put foot on moon in 1969 Neil Armstrong & Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. .

    Maybe, I need an essay to make sense of the 60s. To give in full details of the good and bad that came of this time. It was when directors and artists, musicians were so moved to make such works of arts in their varied forms that we still (even in fashion of course) it resonates with us still.For myself, there is a love in me that only the 60s, and 30s can hold. I wish to live in this era, but only to experience it’s richness. Somewhat as if a ripe fruit, full of cultural change and revolutionary thinking of ideas sprouting from most eccentric individuals.
     In the future post, and there have to be many, the 60s will have to be a re occurrence when it comes to my blog. There is simply too much to cover from this era in one posting, five or ……so look out for more. And please I urge you all to look into history. History is NOT dead as they say, it makes us who we are, it is in the fabric of our humanity. Without it we would be still sitting in a cave with the sabre-toothed tiger hunting us for food.
Is it not so amazing after all? We are the only being in the universe as we know of hat can time travel. We can see our past, think of the past. Walk around in our heads of thoughts that are of the past or envision the future. We capture it also digitally and can look back on history in a easy manner (the internet comes to mind). So think, if you did NOT have this ability to traverse the digital media of time and your minds time machine. This is why many times I post of past events, history, art and culture. This is my real core. That our humanity stands upon the scaffoldings of time and history.
We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it. 
                                                                                                       John F. Kennedy

Flower accessories from Etsy
Boho jacket by Marc Cain
60s vintage bride dress
Tights by Bebaroque
Heels by Topshop
Illustration by Nancy.Z
Photography by Ajdin.B



                Fashion Inspirations

              Flowers, Love, Anti-war: ” Love movement”

       Background of 1960s

               The Cold war

         Vietnam war
       

  Lunar Landing

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